basic beer bread pudding recipe (but made with bagels)

Over the weekend Lanet and I, along with Chrissy from The Taylor House, had the pleasure of hosting a MN Meet-up for bloggers in our state. That’s not what this post is about. No, this one is about the left-over bagels. Brueggers Bagels and Great Harvest supplied bagels and bread for the morning portion of the day. And there were leftovers.

I know, how can that be?

I have no idea and I don’t question the powers that be that smiled on me that day. I just said thank you and went on my happy way with my left-over bagels. See, I knew full well that those bagels were going to mix up with some beer and create beautiful bread pudding magic. This bread pudding recipe is a basic version using beer. It’s easy to make, lighter in calories than most (because of the beer substitute) and will make your comfort food taste buds sing!

Start with day-old bagels and breads.

Try not to include any really varying flavors. We used sweet, basic, and sesame flavors.

Cut the bagels and bread into bite-sized pieces

Let children break bread and bagels into pieces for your pudding…they love it!

Place your cut bagels into a greased 9 by 13 pan and pour a bottle of dark beer over all of the bread. Stir it to make sure all the bread gets coated. Let soak for about 1 hour.

dark beers work best because of their rich flavor.

try using flavored beers for a fun variety!

soak your bread longer if you use large pieces or have exceptionally dry bread

Look at all that beer soaked bagel magic!!! Yum!

After the bread has soaked you need to make up your bread pudding “glue”. Melt your butter, add your cream, and then your brown sugar and spices.

I use brown sugar for this recipe because of the richness it develops with the beer.

Don’t try to sub out your heavy cream for something lighter, it just won’t work.

Keep the heat on medium and stir often.

In another bowl crack your eggs and give them a good mixing!

Feel free to add another egg if you like your bread pudding a bit “thicker”

Comments

Do you think I could use wine instead? The only thing we have around the house is the “cheap” beer that we use for drunken chicken. Since all of our connoisseur beer drinking children are gone we don’t buy the hoity toity stuff.